Christian Picciolini is an award-winning television producer, public speaker, author, antiracism
advocate, firefighter/EMT, and former extremist. After leaving the hate movement that he helped create during the 1980s
and 90s, he began the painstaking process of making amends and rebuilding his life. Christian earned a degree in international relations from DePaul University and launched Goldmill Group,
a counter-extremism consulting and digital media firm. In 2016, he won an Emmy Award for
producing an anti-hate advertising campaign aimed at helping people disengage from extremism. For
over two decades, Christian has helped hundreds of individuals leave hate behind through his
disengagement work and the organizations he founded. He has spoken worldwide, including
on the TEDx stage, where he shares his unique and extensive knowledge about how to effectively
prevent and counter extremism.